Georgia US Senate 2026
Election day is November 3, 2026. A statewide contest in Georgia.
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What the Georgia US Senate election decides
The Senate confirms federal judges and cabinet officers, ratifies treaties, and can stop legislation the House passes. With a six-year term and a hundred-member chamber, a single seat is a larger share of the institution than any House district, which is why Senate races draw national money into state contests.
Each state sends two senators regardless of population, so this seat carries the same weight as California's or Wyoming's. Georgia voters fill it alongside all 14 of the state's House seats and the governorship, and a Senate term runs six years, spanning two future Congresses and, in this case, the next presidential election.
How Georgia votes
Georgia has become a marquee battleground, powered by metro Atlanta's growth and diversification set against a conservative rural remainder. Runoff rules and enormous turnout operations have made its statewide races among the most watched in the country. That backdrop is the ground any Georgia campaign fights on, and it is what the Electorate HQ simulation reads first when it weighs a ticket's platform against this contest.
About this race
The 2026 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Georgia. Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican representative Mike Collins in a landslide. Ossoff's victory made him the first Democrat to be reelected to this seat since 1990, the first candidate of any party to win a US Senate election in Georgia by double digits and without a runoff since 2016, and the first Democrat to do so since 1984.
Primary elections were held on May 19, with Ossoff running unopposed for the Democratic nomination. No candidate obtained a majority in the first round of the Republican primary between Collins, former football coach Derek Dooley, and Representative Buddy Carter, leading to a runoff between Collins and Dooley on June 16. After receiving an endorsement from President Donald Trump, Collins was nominated with 55.5% of the vote.
This was one of two Democratic-held Senate seats in a state won by Trump in 2024, along with Michigan. As such, this race was initially expected to be competitive. However, Ossoff maintained a comfortable and consistent polling lead over Collins during the campaign, causing this seat to instead be anticipated as a safe hold for Democrats.
Latest coverage of the Georgia US Senate race
Georgia 2026 Election ResultsGOP hopes fade in Georgia and North Carolina as party shifts focus in battle for SenateKemp backs Mike Collins in Georgia’s U.S. Senate race with election less than two months awayAJC poll: Jon Ossoff leads Mike Collins in Georgia’s U.S. Senate raceJon Ossoff wins Georgia 2026 Senate election, keeping seat for DemocratsDemocrat Jon Ossoff wins reelection to U.S. Senate from GeorgiaJon Ossoff wins reelection in Georgia, easily defeating Republican Mike CollinsTrump-endorsed Rep. Mike Collins wins Georgia GOP runoff to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff: AP projectsThe rest of the Georgia ballot
Every Georgia House district, the counties inside each one, and an address lookup that resolves your exact districts are on the Georgia state page.
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Analysis covering Georgia
Twenty-six states elect a senator and a governor on the same day in 2026
The overlap between the Senate class and the gubernatorial cohort is a coincidence of two unrelated calendars, and it decides where money goes.
The 2026 Senate map covers 62% of the country and 70% of the states
Thirty-five of fifty states vote for Senate this year. Weighted by people rather than states the share drops, and that gap is the design of the chamber.